St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-11

ing for lodgings" There
was no furniture in the White House.
but bed and table had been prepared
for the President Tuesday, the 22d, i'm
his own coach, President Monroe went to
his home in Virginia.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TRAVELS.
John Quincy Adams was in Washing
ton at the time of his election, being Mr..
Monroes Secretary of State He came
to Washington the previous October,
journeying in part with General Lafay-
cite, who was then making his famous
visit to this country. He joined Lafay-
cite at Frenchtown. where he was invited
to become one of the generals party and
embark on the steamboat Trip. He
accepted the invitation, and sent Mrs.
Adams and her daughter on to Washing
ton by the regular boat. In his diary
Mr.. Adams describes the steamboat ride
to Baltimore as especially delightful.
They landed in barges at Fort
McHenry, being rowed, as was the
custom in those days, by a crew of
merchant captains. At Fort McHenry
an ovation had been prepared for the
distinguished guests. Washington's tent,
which is now in the National Museum,
was there spread, and Governor Stevens,
Charles Carroll Of Carrollton and other
distinguished citizens received Lafayette
and Adams and gave them collation. in
Washington's tent. Adams then took
the private carriage of Mr.. Patterson and
went on to Washington. On August %
President Adams departed for his home
in Quincy, and in his diary gives an &C
! count of his ride from Washington to
Baltimore. He had felt the need of ex-
ercise and went on horseback. He got
up at FIVE o'clock in the morning and ar
rived at Mills Tavern at eight. There he
breakfasted, rested his horse and at eleven
o'clock rode on to Baltimore, where
he arrived at 2.15. He dismounted in
front of Barnum's Tavern in a drizzling
shower He said he had long been dis
used to horseback riding and that twenty
seven miles in day was too much for
him. In his diary account of it he saws
81 found myself quite sore from excoria-
ton" At seven o'clock the next day,
August Z, he reached Philadelphia, and
walked from the wharf to Heads Man
sion House in South Third street, the peo-
pie giving him tremendous ovation,
which was varied by an occasional shOut
of eHurrah for Jackson!"
The journey from Washington to Bos-
ton in those days would now be. consid-
cred unbearable. The stage route passed
through Worcester. Hartford and Nor
walk. The trip cost $40 for a seat and
took fifty-six hours of time. In 1926 a
new line was established the stage run
ming from Boston to Providence, where
steamboats, went ON to New York. This
brought the fare from Boston to New
York down to S. and the time consumed
in the trip to twenty-four hours. 1t was
necessary to book ones passage the day
before starting. At four o'clock in the
morning man in chaise went about and
picked up the passengers and conveyed
the stages started. The whole number of
passengers who had booked the day
before were made up in stage lots. At
five o'clock the drivers cracked their
whips and the four spanking, stout
coach horses with jump and spring
were off on their journey. Breakfast
was taken at Says Tavern in Deadham.
The roads were good and the ride was
an exhilarating one. The steamboats, at
Providence lay at India Point, Just below
the town, where great piles of wood
were stacked up-it taking thirty or
forty cords for a trip through Long
Island sound. There were no state,
rooms in those days, and everybody oc-
cupied berths. From New York tray-
elers went by steamboat to Elizabethport,
where they took stages and crossed New
Jersey to Bordentown on the Della
ware, and there took steamers
for Philadelphia 1t was days journey
from New York to Philadelphia. Steam
boats carried them down the Delaware to